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  25 June 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appeal of the Bishops of Ibadan. More than a month of captivity for 39 students and 7 teachers Abuja (Fides News Agency) – Since May 15, 39 students and 7 teachers have been in the hands of bandits who attacked schools in the Ahoro-Esinle region of the Oriire district near Ogbomoso in Oyo State, southwestern Nig ...
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  25 June 2026
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Father Karl Wallner: "Faith grows together with the willingness to help others" Vienna (Fides News Agency) - "My experience is that fundraising and faith-raising are ultimately one and the same, because faith grows together with the willingness to help others." These are the words of Father Karl Wal ...
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  25 June 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - New "Implementing Regulations" of the Law on foreign funding of Civil and Religious NGOs New Delhi (Fides News Agency) – The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has published new implementing regulations for the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) of 2010, which controls the inflow of funds and donation ...
• 24 June 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi (India) Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi (India) the Rev. Anand David Xalxo, until now Vicar General and Parish Priest of the Cathedra ...
• 24 June 2026
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Resignation and Succession of the Bishop of Bangassou Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Bangassou (Central African Republic) submitted by Juan José Aguirre Muñoz M.C.C.J. He is su ...
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  24 June 2026
  Colombian elections reveal a divided country by Cosimo Graziani Bogota (Fides News Agency) – In Colombia, right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has won the presidential runoff election. This was announced based on so-called "preliminary results." Acco ...
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  24 June 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops after attack on Anglican cathedral in Nairobi: "Is this in the interest of the political elite?" Nairobi (Fides News Agency) – "If what we saw happen in All Saints Cathedral Nairobi is anything to go by, where a meeting was disrupted by goons, who were so confident as to even threaten the policemen present, a grav ...
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  24 June 2026
  Cardinals Vesco and Marengo: "At the school of the Acts of the Apostles, in the deserts of the world" by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) - At the school of the Acts of the Apostles, Cardinals Jean-Paul Vesco, Archbishop of Algiers, and Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulan Bator, agreed to revisit ...
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  24 June 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop in Kachin State, in the midst of conflict: "Without God's help, we can do nothing. I tell the faithful: let us pray more" by Paolo Affatato Myitkyina (Fides News Agency) - "Jesus tells us in the Gospel: do not be afraid. This is my motto. God will help us, no matter what happens. In our situation, we must entrust ourselves to God. I tel ...
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  23 June 2026
  Between political neo-messianisms and Augustinian realism: scholars and analysts revisit Leo XIV’s teaching on international politics and Global scenarios Rome (Fides News Agency) – One year after the election of Pope Leo XIV, a public lecture at the Pontifical Gregorian University has offered one of the first comprehensive readings of his pontificate in the field of int ...
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  23 June 2026
  The blood-stained Breviary and other "Family Memories" of Father Amédée Benoît by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Lyon (Fides News Agency) - "He died with the rosary in his hand, just as he had lived: a missionary totally given to others." With this evocative image, Father Benoît Campion summarizes for F ...
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  23 June 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Sued for supporting indigenous communities in the fight against mining: Church representatives express solidarity with Bishop of Bayombong Bayombong (Fides News Agency) – Priests, religious, and lay people from the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino participated today in a peaceful march and prayer service organized by the Commission for Social Action ...
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  23 June 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The 9th edition of the Missionary Congress for children and adolescents is underway, with over 1,000 participants expected Bogota (Fides News Agency) – From June 25 to 28, children and young people from across Colombia will gather in the city of Valledupar for a great celebration of faith, communion, and mission. "On a Mission in the world ...
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  23 June 2026
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The “inter-congregational” mission of the nuns in the “bateyes” of Barahona amidst poverty, migration and fragility Barahona (Fides News Agency) – The Inter-congregational Missionary Community (CIM) was founded in Haiti in 2010 at the initiative of the Latin American Conference of Women Religious (CLAR) and was later organized by th ...
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  23 June 2026
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Bishop Kussala: “The loss of Father Youhanna Al-Amin is a painful wound for the entire Church” Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – “The violent death of a priest while faithfully serving God's people is a tragedy that touches the very heart of the Church,” wrote Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio in ...